An executive at Mexican mobile phone carrier Telcel claims that Apple has a revised iPhone 4 coming late September that fixes the annoying antenna problems everyone’s seen with the original model.
Back in July, at the iPhone 4 Antennagate conference, Steve Jobs acknowledged the iPhone 4′s proximity sensor issues and said they’d be fixed in the “next update”. According to an Apple Australia spokesperson, they won’t.
Oh, here’s something. You know those “drones” that are supposed to be the “future of warfare”. A software malfunction caused the US Navy to lose control of one for half an hour earlier this month, letting it joyride in restricted airspace.
Now I understand why AT&T representatives react so cheerfully when I call to complain about my reception. [Shoebox]
As tempting as it might be to jailbreak your PS3, you really probably definitely shouldn’t. Because when you do, Sony can detect the software ID the jailbreak program uses, and ban your PS3 remotely. According to a PS3 Hacks posting:
According to Gruber’s sources, Apple filed a bug on the iPhone 4 antenna issues two whole years ago. So why did they launch such a poor excuse for a communication device? Does Mark Papermaster’s departure have anything to do with it?
Japan’s trade ministry has ordered Apple to publicise an “easy to understand” online statement detailing how first-gen iPod nano users can receive replacement batteries. The device has been linked to 27 cases of overheating and four burn incidents, which Apple has determined stems from a single battery manufacturer. [Reuters]
We’ve discussed the exploit affecting iOS devices and that it should theoretically be a simple fix, but now Apple has gone on record and said that it has a solution already:
